Ohio Code 4123.73 – Participation by employers of less than three persons
Any employer who employs less than three employees regularly in the same business, or in or about the same establishment, who pays into the state insurance fund the premiums provided by this chapter, is not liable to respond in damages at common law or by statute, for injuries or death of any such employees, wherever occurring, during the period covered by such premiums, provided the injured employee has remained in his service with notice, as provided in section 4123.83 of the Revised Code, that his employer has paid such premiums into the state insurance fund. The continuation in the service of such employer with such notice shall be deemed a waiver by the employee of his right of action.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4123.73
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- employee: includes the following persons when responding to an inherently dangerous situation that calls for an immediate response on the part of the person, regardless of whether the person is within the limits of the jurisdiction of the person's regular employment or voluntary service when responding, on the condition that the person responds to the situation as the person otherwise would if the person were on duty in the person's jurisdiction:
(i) Off-duty peace officers. See Ohio Code 4123.01
- Employer: means :
(a) The state, including state hospitals, each county, municipal corporation, township, school district, and hospital owned by a political subdivision or subdivisions other than the state;
(b) Every person, firm, professional employer organization, alternate employer organization, and private corporation, including any public service corporation, that (i) has in service one or more employees or shared employees regularly in the same business or in or about the same establishment under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written, or (ii) is bound by any such contract of hire or by any other written contract, to pay into the insurance fund the premiums provided by this chapter. See Ohio Code 4123.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Any person who employs one or more individuals who are not employees as defined in section 4123.01 of the Revised Code, who pays into the state insurance fund the premiums provided by this chapter, is not liable to respond in damages at common law or by statute for injuries or death of any such individuals, wherever occurring, during the period covered by such premiums, provided the injured individual has remained in the service of such person with notice that his employer has paid such premiums into the state insurance fund. The continuation in the service of such employer with such notice, as provided in section 4123.83 of the Revised Code, shall be deemed a waiver by the individual of his right of action.